I tell you, finishing up a home renovation project is pretty satisfying. And sure, while a close observer might suggest that it’s especially satisfying when someone else is getting the major stuff done with expertise (certainly true in this case), it was good to add a bit of ‘sweat equity’ into it as well. I’m [...]
It was a little while in coming, with the bathroom and kitchen renovation work now in various stages of completion or planning, but good things are worth the wait. Huge thanks to those who contributed to the projects through our wedding registry last summer– and we even decided not to name the ‘freshened’ toilet after [...]
Coming in the door this afternoon, the two girls of the house doing their thing. Brown-haired, curled in sleep and facing some inward, dreamier place. Not a bad use of a Sunday afternoon at all, I have to say.
How about that for a great sequence of events? There’s something I really like about maintaining that tradition–getting married and then moving in together. I’ve been looking forward to it for a while. It feels like the right next step towards a steady integration of two lives. Why rush that, right? It’s the same sentiment [...]
Finally got our first significant snow showing of the year! And sure, while there wasn’t enough to get any decent accumulation beyond an inch or two, it was plenty to cause cars to squeal for traction on the moderate hill outside the window this late afternoon into early evening. (I have to admit, it made [...]
This past weekend felt like our final taste of warm, autumn weather for the season. Sunny and temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. All the better reason to start getting some more plants indoors. Luckily for us, we made it to Mahoney’s in Brighton the previous weekend and got what we needed to put [...]
Ok, maybe it’s appropriate that I’m giving the mint.com online budgeting program a shot at this moment in time. Right after putting in all those rhapsodic reviews of the McRib sandwich at McDonalds. Mint.com, if you don’t know, is the increasingly popular (and free) budget program that aggregates all your financial information in one place, [...]
Pretty amazing how many resources there are on the web to help you to do those simple home projects. One that’s been on the to-do list? Stretching a canvas of a Thailand street scene that I bought last summer. Less than one hour to watch this helpful video, get the stretcher bars lined up and [...]
There are so many good things about the waning days of summer and the summer break from school. Number one? You are still AT home at a little before nine in the morning. Others? Sound of coffee in the percolator brewing, muffled electric guitar playing from the neighbors downstairs (good in that it’s muffled… heh) [...]
Family Easter Visit 2012
Wonderful to have Sarah’s mom and D come up for a visit over this three-day Easter weekend. Perfect timing to make full use of our freshened bathroom space, and for Sarah and her mom to bust out some impressive culinary moves for the big Easter meal: fresh lamb from the local butcher served rare, potatoes [...]